It's the oldest meme on the planet. And yet, I've never done it for LJ nor seen anyone else do it.

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My List of All Time Most Favoritest Songs Ever

- With or Without You, by U2
- Glycerine, by Bush
- 1979, by The Smashing Pumpkins
- Lightning Crashes, by Live
- Everlong, by The Foo Fighters
- Wonderwall, by Oasis
- The Messenger, by The Tea Party
- Come As You Are, by Nirvana
- It's All Coming Back To Me Now, by Celine Dion
- Against All Odds, by Phil Collins
- Somebody To Love, by Queen
- Scarborough Fair: Canticle, by Simon & Garfunkel
- When I Come Around, by Green Day
- Hey Jude, by The Beatles
- Beyond The Sea by Frank Sinatra
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, by Elton John
- One Headlight, by The Wallflowers
- Margery Dreams of Horses, by The Counting Crows
- Miss You Love, by Silverchair
- Promise, by Eve 6
- Take It To The Limit, by The Eagles
- Into The Void, by Nine Inch Nails
- Best Of My Love by The Eagles
- You Can Call Me Al, by Paul Simon
- Can't Help Falling In Love (Fools Rush In), by Elvis Presley
- Dream On, Aerosmith
- All I Need Is the Air That I Breathe (And To Love You), by The Hollies
- A Pirate Looks At Forty, by Jimmy Buffett
- Valparaiso, by Sting
- The Rose, by Bette Middler
- Blue, by Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts (Cowboy Bebop OST)
- Greenbird, by Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop OST)
- 2nd Hungarain Rhapsody, by Liste
- Bittersweet Symphony, by The Verve
- 1812 Overture, by Tchaikovsky


This is it. The Top 32. They will never lose their place, ever. They shall forever be immortalized in the blood of my veins as the music to my soul. I didn't number it because there is no particular order or max amount, but this is it. It takes a lot to get added to this list. Not many do. There's many more that I love so dearly, but this is the creme de la creme of my musical preferences. If anyone rolls their eyes at Celine Dion, I'll give you the finger. As wank-worthy as she otherwise may be, that's a freaking a-maz-ing song. I've got some old classics worked in there too, you might see. They have endured the test of time and the test of being written before my birth, and worked their way onto the Top Tippidy Top Ranking anyway. I know all the words to every song on here. And if you think there aren't any words to Liste or Tchaikovsky, you just aren't listening hard enough.

Comments

[bailunrui.livejournal.com]

I love your taste in music.... *licks you*

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

::tickles you:: I just remembered to add the last one. It's what I want to play at my wedding; I couldn't very well leave it off.

Do your favorites on your LJ!

[bailunrui.livejournal.com]

I just did. :)

[sue-donym.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Me likes!

Against All Odds, by Phil Collins

Crap! I can go months without thinking of this song until someone mentions it or I hear a snippet of it playing somewhere and then I listen to it non-stop for weeks at a time. It's a thing.

*trundles off to find Phil CD*

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. I first heard this song 3 years ago when I was downloading songs for my mom, and I fell in absolute love with it. I couldn't get enough. I could listen on repeat for hours, every day, for weeks.

[mildmay.livejournal.com]

It's All Coming Back To Me Now, by Celine Dion

I love this song! I'm not really a huge fan of hers or anything, but that song is really great. I've never, ever gotten sick of hearing it, which says to me that I must really like it a lot. :)

There are a lot of other wonderful songs on that list, too. "Hey Jude" and "Scarborough Fair" are two of my all time favorites, as well.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Isn't Scarborough Fair just one of the prettiest songs ever? The way they overlaid their own voices many times to make it sound like a chorus, and the sadness of the words. And of course I've never heard any other singers who harmonized as well and beautifully as those two. They might exist, but I've never heard them.

I'm not really a huge fan of hers or anything, but that song is really great. I've never, ever gotten sick of hearing it, which says to me that I must really like it a lot.

That was the first Celine Dion song I'd ever heard, and her range just blew me away. I was sitting in the parking lot of the mall, staring at the car stereo in shock. I thought "The only other person on the planet who could sing that song that well would be Whitney Houston. And she'd break about even."

[mildmay.livejournal.com]

Isn't Scarborough Fair just one of the prettiest songs ever?

It really is. Although, honestly, it's really hard for me to pick just one favorite by Simon and Garfunkel. They have so many great songs, and I've been listening to them for so long...they're favorites of my mom as well, and she always used to play them when I was a kid, so I basically grew up listening to their music. I also love "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "The Sound of Silence," and "El Condor Pasa" (just to name a few).


That was the first Celine Dion song I'd ever heard, and her range just blew me away.

Oh, she definitely has an amazing voice. No doubt about that. But the songs she sings...I usually end up tiring of them after awhlie (That song from Titanic, for example). But I'm always happy to listen to "It's All Coming Back to Me Now." :)

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

they're favorites of my mom as well, and she always used to play them when I was a kid, so I basically grew up listening to their music

Me too. Both my parents liked them. I didn't like "Bridge" until much later though; when I was young I got bored wiht it, I think. Then about 3 years ago I heard it again, and I realized that it was really quite good.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

- With or Without You, by U2

I knew I liked you for a reason. ^_^

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

To be ultimately honest, that's at the top for a reason. ;) Though all 18 of these are my favoritest of favorites, WoWY and Glycerine vie constantly for the top spot. I can never decide. I probably will never be able to make up my mind about it.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I could ever pick a single favorite song of all time, but WoWY has always moved me, no matter how often I listen to it.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

That's why I have a list of 18. Because one is not enough. And yet, there are not that many, really, that I consider my favorites. Less than 20, so far in my life.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

It's a good meme. Simple, but takes some real thought. I'll definitely ponder my own choices when not about to go to bed. :)

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

:smile: Good. This is a mental list I've had in my head for at least 4 or 5 years now, though mostly I could only think of 6 or 7 at any one time. I just sit down today and thought about it, and it wasn't as difficult as I thought. I already knew in the back of my mind what the choices were.

I'll look forward to yours later!

[sweet-ali.livejournal.com]

Lightning Crashes, by Live

Live is such an underrated group. This song still has so much powere to it even years upon years after it came out. Acoustically it is wonderful, even.

Everlong, by The Foo Fighters

You want Elvis, I want the Foo Fighters at my wedding. *This* is my wedding song for so many reasons, but very simply, for, "Gotta promise not to stop when i say when"

Ah, yeah...

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I know, I know. Those two songs... amazing. Lightning crashes has always amazed me for its power, and the way it builds. I adore that whole album. Everlong is just one of my favorites. I can listen on repeat, and repeat, and repeat....

[thetigergirl.livejournal.com]

Hi [waves]. Uh, you might not remember me, but I once sold you my soul. -- ;o)

You rec'ed me The Tea Party once, they blew me away, and I still love them. Well... More than anything I am a Counting Crows fan, and it pains me that you keep talking about Margery Dreams of Horses, because I cannot for the life of me get hold of it anywhere online. If I was rich I'd buy all their CDs, but alas I am not...

So I wanted to take a chance and ask you if maybe you could give it to me? I would really, really appreciate that. I have no more soul to sell you, but perhaps one of my friends' will do? :o) No sweat if you feel uncomfy with it, it was woth a shot.

::pets <lj user=thetigergirl>'s soul::

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

More than anything I am a Counting Crows fan, and it pains me that you keep talking about Margery Dreams of Horses, because I cannot for the life of me get hold of it anywhere online. If I was rich I'd buy all their CDs, but alas I am not...

I'm not rich either. Well, I've got a few extra souls collected over time ::wink:: but they're not really redeemable for US Dollars.

So I wanted to take a chance and ask you if maybe you could give it to me? I would really, really appreciate that.

I could. I could. I don't mind putting it up for download anyway (I got my mp3 from savaa, bless her heart), but would you be willing to trade? I could it online for you to download, and you could put something online for me to download (I'll download anything anyone recs these days, as long as its new music. With the loss of peer2peer, I'm not picky). Or I could mail you a CD of it and other stuff, and you could mail me a CD. That would be fun. I'm just desperate for new music, see. If you don't have a CD burner and you don't have webspace enough for music, don't sweat it, I can still put it up for you with little trouble. It's a great song and I'd put it up anyway just to share it with people.

[right-as-rain.livejournal.com]

I love, love, love that Celine song--always have.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I love that it goes up, and down, and up, and down. And it's long, too. And plus, the words are very sexy.